1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ARYAN, a term which has been used in a confusing variety of significations by different philologists. By Max Miiller especially it was employed as a convenient short term for the whole body of languages more commonly known as IndoEuropean (q.v.) or Indo-Germanic. In the same way Max Miiller used Aryas as a general term for the speakers of such languages, as in his book published in 1888, Biographies of Words and the Home of the Aryas. " Aryas are those who speak Aryan languages, whatever their colour, whatever thei…
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